Mothers' Transitions from Welfare to Work and the Well-Being of Preschoolers and Adolescents
Bibliographic Data
Results from a longitudinal study of 2402 low-income families during the recent unprecedented era of welfare reform suggest that mothers' transitions off welfare and into employment are not associated with negative outcomes for preschoolers (ages 2 to 4 years) or young adolescents (ages 10 to 14 years). Indeed, no significant associations with mothers' welfare and employment transitions were found for preschoolers, and the dominant pattern was also of few statistically significant associations for adolescents. The associations that did occur provided slight evidence that mothers' entry into the labor force was related to improvements in adolescents' mental health, whereas exits from employment were linked with teenagers' increased behavior problems.
Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Early adulthood · Economics · Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study · Longitudinal study · Mental health · Psychiatry · Single mothers · Sociology · Welfare · Welfare reform · Young adult · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology
Beyond individual neighborhoods
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The influence of family‐based social assistance programs and parenting on child development
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Transitions and turning points
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Welfare and Work
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